Guttridge, Collin Stewart (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-November-24

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Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Son of Quinten J. Guttridge and Dorothy Guttridge, of Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Spouse:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

39 SFTS- Service Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Service Numbers

1571579

Final Burial

Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Block 2 Grave 20

39 SFTS, Swift Current, Sask.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Crew or Other Personnel

Oxford X6954

Sergeant Collin Stewart Guttridge RAFVR

Sergeant Guttridge, Collin Stewart (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-November-24
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Sergeant Edward Sowery RAFVR

Sergeant Sowery, Edward (RAFVR)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-November-24
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accident Card - Airspeed Oxford Mk. I serial:X6954

This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1943-November-24. Oxford II s/n X6954.

This accident involved 2 people. Sowery E, Gutteridge

This accident had 2 fatalities. Sergeant Collin Stewart Guttridge RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1571579 Oxford X6954, Sergeant Edward Sowery RAFVR Killed in Flying Accident service no:1452698 Oxford X6954

Unit Desciption

39 SFTS (39 Service Flying Training School)

Graduates of the EFTS "learn-to-fly" program went on a Service Flying Training School (SFTS) for 16 weeks. For the first 8 weeks the trainee was part of an intermediate training squadron; for the next 6 weeks an advanced training squadron and for the final 2 weeks training was conducted at a Bombing & Gunnery School. The Service schools were military establishments run by the RCAF or the RAF.

There were two different types of Service Flying Training Schools. Trainees in the fighter pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 14 Aylmer, where they trained in the North American Harvard or North American Yale. Trainees in the bomber, coastal or transport pilot stream went to an SFTS like No. 5 Brantford where they learned multi-engine technique in an Airspeed Oxford, Avro Anson or Cessna Crane.